Custom Android Ratingbar

Question

I want to implement a custom RatingBar in my workout app. The bar should have 4 stars and a stepsize of 1. The layout looks like this:

<com.example.workouttest.MyBar
    android:id="@+id/rating"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:max="4"
    android:numStars="4"
    android:stepSize="1"
    android:scaleX="0.6"
    android:scaleY="0.6"
    android:layout_gravity="right" />

I want to replace the default stars with custom images. But each of the 4 stars should have a different image:

Star 1 = an "X" that means "this item is disabled"

Star 2 = Thumb down

Star 3 = something that represents a "neutral rating"

Star 4 = Thumb up

Addtitionally when, for example, the item is rated with a 3 (neutral rating), all other stars (1,2 and 4) should display a greyed out version of their image.

I tried to extend from RatingBar and came up with the following code:

public class MyBar extends RatingBar {

    private int[] starArrayColor = {
            R.drawable.star_1_color,
            R.drawable.star_2_color,
            R.drawable.star_3_color,
            R.drawable.star_4_color
    };

    private int[] starArrayGrey = {
            R.drawable.star_1_grey,
            R.drawable.star_2_grey,
            R.drawable.star_3_grey,
            R.drawable.star_4_grey
    };

    public MyBar(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    public MyBar(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
    }

    public MyBar(Context context) {
        super(context);
    }

    @Override
    protected synchronized void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
        int stars = getNumStars();
        float rating = getRating();

        for (int i=0;i<stars;i++) {
            Bitmap bitmap;
            Resources res = getResources();
            Paint paint = new Paint();

            if ((int) rating == i) {
                bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(res, starArrayColor[i]);
            } else {
                bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(res, starArrayGrey[i]);
            }
            canvas.drawBitmap(bitmap, 0, 0, paint);
            canvas.save();
        }

        super.onDraw(canvas);
    }
}

Sadly it did not work. It draws just the normal stars with my custom images as background.

Is here someone who knows how to help me solve this problem?

UPDATE

Thanks to Gabe my working onDraw method now looks like this:

@Override
protected synchronized void onDraw(Canvas canvas) {
    int stars = getNumStars();
    float rating = getRating();
    float x = 0;

    for (int i=0;i<stars;i++) {
        Bitmap bitmap;
        Resources res = getResources();
        Paint paint = new Paint();
        x += 50;

        if ((int) rating-1 == i) {
            bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(res, starArrayColor[i]);
        } else {
            bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(res, starArrayGrey[i]);
        }
        Bitmap scaled = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(bitmap, 48, 48, true);
        canvas.drawBitmap(scaled, x, 0, paint);
        canvas.save();
    }
}

Answer 1

Don't call super.onDraw- that will draw the normal stars. From there, what else doesn't work?